PUBLISHER: IDC | PRODUCT CODE: 1630492
PUBLISHER: IDC | PRODUCT CODE: 1630492
This IDC Market Perspective provides a preliminary unit shipment range for worldwide hard disk drive (HDD) units by HDD drive class and estimated supplier market share for 4Q24."HDD demand remains strong and continues to outpace supply to a modest extent," according to Ed Burns, research director, Hard Disk Drive and Storage Technologies at IDC. "Industry exabyte supply will continue to increase over the course of 2025 as HDD suppliers transition customers to higher-capacity points."